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Old 09-07-2009, 06:28 PM
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Ok i have a 97 trans am and the other morning when i started up my car i got a dash light that said TCS off and ABS INOP...thinking it was just a screw up i shut done the car and restarted it...it went away but teh while driving the car was activating the tcs pushing the pedal back at me to slow the car down...i turned tcs off and it was still going on. Confused as hell i tried to turn tcs back on but it now wont turn back on once it has been turned off all the while the pedal is fighting me...i had a buddy it could be a bad vss sensor. Has anyone else had this problem. I dont have alot of money right now so i cant just be going out buying parts till i find out what it is.
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Originally Posted by 97 Trans Am ws6
Ok i have a 97 trans am and the other morning when i started up my car i got a dash light that said TCS off and ABS INOP...thinking it was just a screw up i shut done the car and restarted it...it went away but teh while driving the car was activating the tcs pushing the pedal back at me to slow the car down...i turned tcs off and it was still going on. Confused as hell i tried to turn tcs back on but it now wont turn back on once it has been turned off all the while the pedal is fighting me...i had a buddy it could be a bad vss sensor. Has anyone else had this problem. I dont have alot of money right now so i cant just be going out buying parts till i find out what it is.
Maybe just pull the fuse/relay for it and disable it.

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Your buddy could be right.

Might also be a wheel speed sensor causing the confusion. They aren't as expensive as it sounds.
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Your buddy could be right.

Might also be a wheel speed sensor causing the confusion. They aren't as expensive as it sounds.
is there a way to tell what it is before i buy parts...like could a code reader read it?
and whats wheel speed sensors go for?
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A good code reader should have this info stored.




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